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president who says don't enforce the law that is the law or prosecute the fellow that said the law in his judgment is not a constitutional. and like the immigration law i'm not enforcing it either. >> all i can say in this particular case, if the sheriff decides not to abide by federal law, he/8 back and says i'm not goingen to forces it, he will have an issue. >> the sheriff is seems to be a great american, his intentions are coming from the right place, however, if every sheriff reacted that way to every law that he thought, every federal law that -- forget about gun control. we would have anarchy. best example, i'm a lawyer now, brown vs board of education, that you have to let black kids in school, they said no, what happened, the national guard came in. >> you are going back 50 years. >> that is a great example. lou: but the sheriff didn't say high would violate the law. -- did not say he would violate the law. i just want to know. he is not violating a law, should we incarcerate sheriffs who don't enforce immigration law because the obama justice department said don't do that. >
president who says don't enforce the law that is the law or prosecute the fellow that said the law in his judgment is not a constitutional. and like the immigration law i'm not enforcing it either. >> all i can say in this particular case, if the sheriff decides not to abide by federal law, he/8 back and says i'm not goingen to forces it, he will have an issue. >> the sheriff is seems to be a great american, his intentions are coming from the right place, however, if every sheriff...
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the nuremberg laws were rules by law. what exists around most of the world and in cuba today come in my own experience, is that the most powerful, the most privileged, get together and decide what rights, if any, the minority have. the united states constitution is the rule by law. the rule by law is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. it is the classic definition of law. now, the rule of law is what justice kennedy and justice roberts recently spoke about. in their opinions, one was involving the flag-burning case. texas vs. johnson. the other one was by justice kennedy. the other one was by justice roberts very recently in the demonstrations of military fit -- demonstrations at military funerals. they both said the same thing. they said, we don't like what these people did. as a matter of fact, what they did and their beliefs are abhorrent to most americans, and to us personally, but unless we protect their rights, all our rights are in jeopardy. and that is why the concept of a constitutional demo
the nuremberg laws were rules by law. what exists around most of the world and in cuba today come in my own experience, is that the most powerful, the most privileged, get together and decide what rights, if any, the minority have. the united states constitution is the rule by law. the rule by law is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. it is the classic definition of law. now, the rule of law is what justice kennedy and justice roberts recently spoke about. in their...
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that is opposed to brazil, where you have 1000 law schools, you can open a law school for a couple hundred bucks, and they have a huge failure rate. we are working with the brazilians, other colleges, law schools. i spoke to their major university about these issues, and they are doing what they can to increase. i would tell them to make sure that the legal education is a quality legal education. it is the first of to have a monopoly, so you can control the lawyers, and make sure they are acting in an ethical way. i think there was a third part of the question, what would i tell them not to do. by the way, before i get to that, in vietnam, i recently met with the president of their bar association, similar to the american bar. in most countries, they have a government bar association that is part of the government, in effect. then they just have an non-club federated are. the person was a 70-year-old viet cong that was the chair. one of the most interesting conversations i ever had. someone who did not told anyanger, -- not hold any anger, but wanted information and help from america. the
that is opposed to brazil, where you have 1000 law schools, you can open a law school for a couple hundred bucks, and they have a huge failure rate. we are working with the brazilians, other colleges, law schools. i spoke to their major university about these issues, and they are doing what they can to increase. i would tell them to make sure that the legal education is a quality legal education. it is the first of to have a monopoly, so you can control the lawyers, and make sure they are...
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most americans are law abiding. we're talking about a very distinct group of criminals who are mostly recidivists. they commit one ability of violence after another, and to think that a normal person who clears the background checks to buy guns in this country, that everybody has to take when they buy a gun from a dealer, to think they're suddenly going to become a wild-eyed criminal and kill people, i mean, that's mind boggling. there's normal people and then there's the criminal case. >> all right, elliot, stephen, thanks for being with us this evening. would you turn your gun in for a gift card to target? up next, we're going to talk to a man who managed to get a cache of guns off the street. >>> we'll talk about this sheriff who says he'll refuse to comply with any directive from vice-president joe biden regarding the passage of gun laws that he believes would harm law-abiding citizens. >> we'd offer money, concert tickets, sneakers, anything to get guns off the street. no questions asked. i'm joined now by past
most americans are law abiding. we're talking about a very distinct group of criminals who are mostly recidivists. they commit one ability of violence after another, and to think that a normal person who clears the background checks to buy guns in this country, that everybody has to take when they buy a gun from a dealer, to think they're suddenly going to become a wild-eyed criminal and kill people, i mean, that's mind boggling. there's normal people and then there's the criminal case....
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ability to endorse federal law. normally i get that through the ear but the knew -- pneumatic tube system didn't realize the question was retouriccal. i'll -- rhetorical. i'll bite. the atf isn't allowed to inspect dealers more than once a year and in reality get to inspect them once every 17 years. i'm assuming that's because it doesn't have enough agents and not that the atf agents are cicadas. [ laughter ] let that insect joke just wash over you. [ laughter ] well, i guess self report inventories from dealers are better than nothing. what is that? oh, my god! why it's gunther my messenger pigeon. we can't rely on self reported inventories either because the atf cannot require dealers to keep track of their own inven tourism a congressman stuck an amendment into a federal spending bill that restricted the atf's ability to do what the nra said they should do. it required the destruction of background check records within 24 hours. you know, to make sure no mistakes could be corrected. [ laughter ] who did this? wha
ability to endorse federal law. normally i get that through the ear but the knew -- pneumatic tube system didn't realize the question was retouriccal. i'll -- rhetorical. i'll bite. the atf isn't allowed to inspect dealers more than once a year and in reality get to inspect them once every 17 years. i'm assuming that's because it doesn't have enough agents and not that the atf agents are cicadas. [ laughter ] let that insect joke just wash over you. [ laughter ] well, i guess self report...
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host: new laws have passed in new york. andrew cuomo signed those, making the laws more strict. there are some mental health aspects to those laws. do you believe in concealed carry? caller: absolutely. host: are you allowed to do that as a student in new york? caller: we're allowed to conceal kerry, we cannot bring our guns into the school. i only have a shotgun. thanks for your time. michael is apparent in norfolk, virginia. -- a parent in norfolk, virginia. caller: i am the parent of a 6- year-old here. it is tough all the way around. i do not think it would make too much difference. as far as being a parent, it would probably make the parents a little more secure as far as when they bring the children to school. seeing that the incident happened a couple weeks ago, it does make people to agree. -- jittery. the key to all this is a responsibility. we as parents have to start. it starts with us. even though we have individuals that want to pass the book and blame other individuals, it starts with the parents. we have to sit down with children and let them know, make them feel
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or hacking laws if you then. allegedly violate that agreement so that would solve one part of the problem but there you know there are many others especially when you're talking about the definitions of of language in the bill and also the prison sentences you know we see we have seen the prosecutors in this case really target him very aggressively far more aggressively than in similar actions that you would see in the physical world so you know for taking the allegations in this complaint as true even though they may not have been then you know aaron was engaged in some sort of civil defense disobedience and protest in the maximum and he should have gotten was you know something akin to trespassing like thirty days and days in jail like you do if you were involved in a sit in or some other sort of protest but instead he was because he. committed his alleged crime with a computer he was facing thirty five years and that's just not fair yes certainly a lot of people who have really been following this case closely
or hacking laws if you then. allegedly violate that agreement so that would solve one part of the problem but there you know there are many others especially when you're talking about the definitions of of language in the bill and also the prison sentences you know we see we have seen the prosecutors in this case really target him very aggressively far more aggressively than in similar actions that you would see in the physical world so you know for taking the allegations in this complaint as...
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it's not law. we go by the law. when a judge hands me an order and says, denny, go out and arrest this guy, i go out and arrest the guy. it's when it becomes law. right now it's not law. i can't say, i'm not going to tell my people to break the law, no, i'm not going to do that. i'm just saying as in a remote area where we live, in the, you know, we don't have the access to police on every corner. we don't have it. sometimes it takes me 45 minutes to be able to respond. but to have my people say, no, we're going to -- we're not going to do what the president says, no, we're not going to do what congress says. we're not going to go against what the amendments are. the way it is right now, all it is is just a suggestion. >> all right. we're going to get back to you. we're going to see if, in fact, there is a fight that incurs with the justice department, if there is something that, a law that is not being enforced. it sounds like what you're saying is you would cooperate with the federal law and with what the presiden
it's not law. we go by the law. when a judge hands me an order and says, denny, go out and arrest this guy, i go out and arrest the guy. it's when it becomes law. right now it's not law. i can't say, i'm not going to tell my people to break the law, no, i'm not going to do that. i'm just saying as in a remote area where we live, in the, you know, we don't have the access to police on every corner. we don't have it. sometimes it takes me 45 minutes to be able to respond. but to have my people...
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enforcement -- we don't have a lot of laws in place. i say all the time "it's not illegal to be mean to each other" and i tell that to adults and i can't tell you government officials "i have free speech. i can say what i want" and they have good arguments. i will give them that but you need to show them -- and law enforcement needs to show them it's not okay and we take it seriously and i do counseling for issues that originate at school and social media, whatever it is but as part the solution and we are standing up together and saying it's not okay. >> and holly this is no longer a local program, correct? >> it's amazing the response and law enforcement and everybody is looking for tools and answers to get some solutions and so we took it to washington dc earlier in the summer, so we have been working with maryland and virginia and all over california and hopefully washington soon and really excited to get everybody interested with the information. >> somebody asked how do you implement a restorative justice program? do you have that
enforcement -- we don't have a lot of laws in place. i say all the time "it's not illegal to be mean to each other" and i tell that to adults and i can't tell you government officials "i have free speech. i can say what i want" and they have good arguments. i will give them that but you need to show them -- and law enforcement needs to show them it's not okay and we take it seriously and i do counseling for issues that originate at school and social media, whatever it is but...
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our nation's laws. i dare say we're pleading. i ask that you heed our call and enact these very sensible measures that will prevent -- will prevent further bloodshed. thank you. >> thank you all very much for what has been a most extraordinary, a powerful testimony. and prescriptions for us to take back and thank you for giving us the strength and the resolve to help make these changes. we can't do it without you, and i think you know we hope that you know that we are with you in trying to make these changes. we are now going to move to questions. i will say this, i will introduce my colleague, mike thompson, to introduce a member who is one of his vice chairs on the prestrengths of violence committee. i want to -- we're going to have a one-minute question, and that's going to be true when we get to dealing with our members. mr. thompson of california. >> thank you, madam chair. it gives me great pleasure to introduce one of the vice chairs on the task force to prevent violence. someone who's on the jud
our nation's laws. i dare say we're pleading. i ask that you heed our call and enact these very sensible measures that will prevent -- will prevent further bloodshed. thank you. >> thank you all very much for what has been a most extraordinary, a powerful testimony. and prescriptions for us to take back and thank you for giving us the strength and the resolve to help make these changes. we can't do it without you, and i think you know we hope that you know that we are with you in trying...
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. >> while there's no law or set of laws that can prevent every sinceless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent he every tragedy, every act of evil, if there's even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. >> paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, that was president obama rolling out the plan to curb gun violence and the president outlined 23 executive actions, including more steps to make more federal data available from background checks and increased access to mental health services and he called on congress to reinstate the federal assault weapons ban and prohibit high capacity gun magazines that can hold more than ten rounds. so, what's likely to get passed and what difference will it make? let's ask wall street journal columnist and political he editor and washington columnist kim strassel. >> has a hypothetical, let's assume that everything the president is proposing becomes law. what difference would it make? >> well, it's not quite a
. >> while there's no law or set of laws that can prevent every sinceless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent he every tragedy, every act of evil, if there's even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. >> paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, that was president obama rolling out the plan to curb gun violence and the president outlined...
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law or not a good law. >> to be quite honest with you, i think it just got signed into law a couple of hours ago, there's a portion of the law that we do support, wholeheartedly. we've been pushing for legislation that would make it illegal for the gannett newspaper and other news media to request by virtue of freedom of information act to get the names of law enforcement officers from the county clerks who own gun permits and that is in that legislation, so, effective immediately, i would request that the journal news take that list down, because they are breaking the law effective this afternoon when governor cuomo signed that legislation or signed that into law. so, they need to start following the law and pull down their interactive map immediately. >> greta: bob, thank you. >> thank you very much for the time. >> greta: and ever since the journal news published that interactive map, some police officers are saying, they're scared for their families, correction officers are being taunted by prisoners, and one gun owner's home has been burglarized. so should the newspaper be worr
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and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i am looking at, you looked at funding for the cops program which means that money can be diverted away from the schools, might not even wind up there in helping the schools provide a more secure environment and in terms of what's been provided to congress on the gun control side, all i can say, that's not going to help keep our children safer and i want to look for solutions in the schools to have better technology, have the better architecture, have the armed trained presence there, to really protect the children and keep our parents having confidence in our schools. >> sean: they keep saying gun-free school
and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i...
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because while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil, if there's even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try. these are a few of the 23 executive actions that i'm announcing today, but as important as these steps are, they are in no way a substitute for action from members of congress. it's time for congress to require a universal background check for anyone trying to buy a gun. [ applause ] congress should restore a ban on military-style assault weapons and a ten-round limit for magazines. [ applause ] >> that was president obama outlining a raft of legislations, proposals, and executive actions he intends to take to curb gun violence in this country. karen, let's talk about what the president just outlined there. we know he signed several executive actions, he signed several executive actions. among them, strengthening background checks, the ability of federal agencies to sha
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the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yo
the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are...
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you can take the federal immigration law as a good example of sheriffs and local law enforcement around the country are not required nor are they supposed to enforce those types of laws. so it is a separation of power, and it's my position that the linn county sheriff's office that myself or my deputies, that we enforce that regulation. >> you don't have to enforce a federal law, so what is the point of writing the vice president about this, haven't you stripped away your own power by automatically saying that. >> what i was talking about my own citizens were asking myself and my deputies what my position was on this and i needed to make it known to them and it became more and more questions were asked so instead of just having my deputy answer for me, i decided i would put this out and let them know and also i didn't hear why the information coming out of vice president biden's committee as far as what some of the proposals may be and i didn't see a lot of, you know, participation or outreach to sheriffs and law enforcement out west, especially in my case pacific west. it sure wasn't a
you can take the federal immigration law as a good example of sheriffs and local law enforcement around the country are not required nor are they supposed to enforce those types of laws. so it is a separation of power, and it's my position that the linn county sheriff's office that myself or my deputies, that we enforce that regulation. >> you don't have to enforce a federal law, so what is the point of writing the vice president about this, haven't you stripped away your own power by...
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law enforcement is totally for the brady law. and the idea that felons or people who are mentally infirm or people who are spousal abusers should be allowed to buy guns, most everyone agrees on that, even -- >> but there's no overwhelming evidence of the assault weapons ban dramatically reduced this incident of violence, nor was there an uptick in this sort of violence once the law lapsed. >> during the 10 years that the assault weapons ban was in effect, the use of those weapons in crime went down a significant percent an. >> senator, is there any gun regulation, any restriction of gun rights, you could accept or vote for? >> sure. i think the fact that we have background checks with people buy firearms and we prevent felons and those with serious mental illness acquiring them, those make perfect sense. >> so a background check is something you could support? >> well, the background checks are in place when a licensed firearms dealer sells firearms. and there's a lot of room for improvement -- >> but 45% of sales are citizen to
law enforcement is totally for the brady law. and the idea that felons or people who are mentally infirm or people who are spousal abusers should be allowed to buy guns, most everyone agrees on that, even -- >> but there's no overwhelming evidence of the assault weapons ban dramatically reduced this incident of violence, nor was there an uptick in this sort of violence once the law lapsed. >> during the 10 years that the assault weapons ban was in effect, the use of those weapons in...
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and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i am looking at, you looked at funding for the cops program which means that money can be diverted away from the schools, might not even wind up there in helping the schools provide a more secure environment and in terms of what's been provided to congress on the gun control side, all i can say, that's not going to help keep our children safer and i want to look for solutions in the schools to have better technology, have the better architecture, have the armed trained presence there, to really protect the children and keep our parents having confidence in our schools. >> sean: they keep saying gun-free school
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outrance state law. he did not explain wheat he meat by that, but if mr. kroll could explain to people the basis of the comment, and not giving people an understanding -- host: understand your point. andy kroll. guest: appreciate your call. headlines can have an effect of summarizing and shrinking down into a few words what in this case is an incredibly diverse and wide-ranging coalition of organizations. i think they would identify largely as liberal. "progress of the" is the word they would like to use. but they definitely identified as left of center. we have got to be clear, i have got to be clear every day on what i mean by "liberal" or "progressive." how does this back-and-forth work? it is a challenge every day, but this organization -- this coalition absolutely false on the left side of the spectrum. host: democratic caller. caller: i would like to make a comment to the caller from kentucky who talked about the unfair advantage of the pac money and comparing it to the union dues money. number one
outrance state law. he did not explain wheat he meat by that, but if mr. kroll could explain to people the basis of the comment, and not giving people an understanding -- host: understand your point. andy kroll. guest: appreciate your call. headlines can have an effect of summarizing and shrinking down into a few words what in this case is an incredibly diverse and wide-ranging coalition of organizations. i think they would identify largely as liberal. "progress of the" is the word...
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the law has a bright line. it says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we don't recognize it. should we recognize it, that's an interesting question. should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. i think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will? well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or left hand contemplated it and were quickly able to act and respond. that to me says, yes, there is. now what do we want to do about it? now that we understand that those of us in the audience or up here that like chocolate cake may not have control over it, how do we want to acc
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no law -- this is the 27th amendment. no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. mr. goodlatte: and that concludes the reading of the united states constitution. i want to thank the gentleman who arrived and were available but we ran out of constitution before we ran out of readers and i want to thank all the readers and members who participated in this important reading. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess >> until then, a conversation this morning with representative scott rigell. host: we have been talking about this news conference that the president held yesterday. i want to show you a little bit of what he had to say and get your reaction. >> congressional republicans refuse to pay america + bills on times, and social security, veterans' benefits will be delayed. we may not be able to honor contracts with small b
no law -- this is the 27th amendment. no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. mr. goodlatte: and that concludes the reading of the united states constitution. i want to thank the gentleman who arrived and were available but we ran out of constitution before we ran out of readers and i want to thank all the readers and members who participated in this important reading. i...
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there are new laws that aren'tbe on the books. >> bob: he can't make a law. he can't just make a law. >> eric: make a regulation. >> dana: or tell the justice department i'm not satisfied under the administration under the first term the gun prosecutions are down 40% since the bush administration. it want to fix that. the one thing that the supreme court has done twice in five years is reaffirm an individual's right to own a gun. second amendment is alive and well. that is settled by the court. i imagine that the obama white house had their lawyers look carefully and some could be challenged. they probably will be able to pass muster and get flak for it. bad p.r. from some people. a lot of these things will be ineffective. >> bob: let's wait to see what they are. >> andrea: a lot of bad p.r. hard for anyone questioning what he does tomorrow to criticize. >> bob: there you go. >> andrea: how can you be against this? >> bob: another good reason. it's all theater. >> kimberly: children are politically expedient. this is based on his greater political philosophy.
there are new laws that aren'tbe on the books. >> bob: he can't make a law. he can't just make a law. >> eric: make a regulation. >> dana: or tell the justice department i'm not satisfied under the administration under the first term the gun prosecutions are down 40% since the bush administration. it want to fix that. the one thing that the supreme court has done twice in five years is reaffirm an individual's right to own a gun. second amendment is alive and well. that is...
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american courts can't coordinate the law firm international law. they won't have much influence, but didn't coordinate american. they can only coordinate by definition if this is true, it would coordinate american law, he would have to subordinate american law, the only way this would logically work. fourth person is in murray slaughter, head of the office it of policy and planning at the u.s. state department. during the first years of the obama administration. anne-marie slaughter wrote that she argued the nationstates should see the degree of sovereignty to what she calls transnational networks. vertically, nations should cede sovereign authority of supranational institutions such as the international criminal court. they be something about the nation. supranational institution. fodor maintains such transparent networks, can perform many of the functions of a world government, legislation, administration and adjudication thereby creating a global rule of law. she was the person in policy plan to keep entertained first two years of the obama admi
american courts can't coordinate the law firm international law. they won't have much influence, but didn't coordinate american. they can only coordinate by definition if this is true, it would coordinate american law, he would have to subordinate american law, the only way this would logically work. fourth person is in murray slaughter, head of the office it of policy and planning at the u.s. state department. during the first years of the obama administration. anne-marie slaughter wrote that...
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laws down. that is why we need federal legislation, comprehensive, common sense federal legislation for all of us to be safe. [applause] cities alone cannot reduce gun violence by themselves. we are doing everything we can but still losing the battle thanks to the proliferation to guns in our nation. our story is not unique. mayors everywhere are dealing with this problem. they use resources which we should be using to educate our children, create jobs and revitalize our cities. in an open letter to the president and the congress sent three days after the newtown massacre we urged immediate action and over 200 mayors signed on to that letter. we called on the president to exercise his powers through executive orders and the congress to introduce and pass legislation to make reasonable changes in our gun laws and regulations. specifically, we called on congress to one, enact legislation to ban assault weapons and other high-capacity magazines that is now being prepared by the senator. two, streng
laws down. that is why we need federal legislation, comprehensive, common sense federal legislation for all of us to be safe. [applause] cities alone cannot reduce gun violence by themselves. we are doing everything we can but still losing the battle thanks to the proliferation to guns in our nation. our story is not unique. mayors everywhere are dealing with this problem. they use resources which we should be using to educate our children, create jobs and revitalize our cities. in an open...
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and i think perhaps the law enforcement folks feel the cultures in the communities and see that come out in the adults. i would like to hear about how do you affect a culture and even in san francisco we have many cultures affecting what is valued, what is criticized. >> you know i think that richard touched upon this. it's a relationship of power and it's clearly going to differ from community to community; right. when i was telling you i was picked because because i didn't speak english or at all initially there were only about 5% of us that were hispanic in the school and wouldn't be the case if 95% are hispanic and english speaking as a second language, but i think the way that we can deal with the issue is we ought to first of all start with the notion of respect for others, and respect for others can work across the line. it doesn't necessarily mean -- it doesn'tly has to deal with the culture. is how we treat one another? and i think we have to be very clear in our educational process and the communication to our people and what is acceptable behavior and what is unacceptable
and i think perhaps the law enforcement folks feel the cultures in the communities and see that come out in the adults. i would like to hear about how do you affect a culture and even in san francisco we have many cultures affecting what is valued, what is criticized. >> you know i think that richard touched upon this. it's a relationship of power and it's clearly going to differ from community to community; right. when i was telling you i was picked because because i didn't speak english...
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. >> this law makes it look like we are back 40 years ago when we had martial law. only it is applied on line. >> supporters of the law points out it was created to stop child pornography and protect against disruptions and spam, all in keeping with international agreements. but philippine legislators added extra measures that internet user groups and human rights activists say blindsided them. and under the new law, it -- if a derogatory statement is made on line again someone, the person responsible can face more than 10 years in prison. if anyone should express support of that statement on the social networking sites or to pass that statement on, they could also face jail time. any other crime which might be committed with the aid of internet communications or smartphone would also have a harsher penalty. the new law would create a special body under the justice department that would monitor and police all online activities. this agency would also have the power to block web sites deemed inappropriate for filipinos. but the law supporters are adamant this is all
. >> this law makes it look like we are back 40 years ago when we had martial law. only it is applied on line. >> supporters of the law points out it was created to stop child pornography and protect against disruptions and spam, all in keeping with international agreements. but philippine legislators added extra measures that internet user groups and human rights activists say blindsided them. and under the new law, it -- if a derogatory statement is made on line again someone, the...
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and in the bad guys who care about the law. i don't know if the police are exempt from the laws or not. i hope they are. i am not sure expolice officers are exempt from the laws and with regard to me personally, being able to defend myself. you just reduced significantly my ability to defend myself. you have given the bad guy a greater advantage over me he didn't have before. does that violate the constitutional right to bear arms where you cannot infringe. cannot infringe. it might. that is a good argument . everyone agrees that the definition of a assault weapon is vague. when did does it become an assault weapon. the 50 law ineffective because it defined it vaguely. you define it now with a new constitutional decision. it is it vagueness. you can't right a vaug law that restricts a constitutional right. you have to right a specific law that s clear it is it fill would with constitutional issues that didn't exist first time they went through and these people are politicalal talking about this. >> let me jump in here. the pola
and in the bad guys who care about the law. i don't know if the police are exempt from the laws or not. i hope they are. i am not sure expolice officers are exempt from the laws and with regard to me personally, being able to defend myself. you just reduced significantly my ability to defend myself. you have given the bad guy a greater advantage over me he didn't have before. does that violate the constitutional right to bear arms where you cannot infringe. cannot infringe. it might. that is a...
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they didn't go after that law. if by chance barack obama gets this assault weapons ban through which is unlikely. harry reid the democrats in the senate are the problem right now. i think the nra what would challenge it. >> bill: one part of the new york law that got my attention was that those weasels up in the journal in west thessalonianser county, the news journal whatever it is is, they can't print names and addresses anymore. >> that's right. >> bill: along with tough gun law says can't print names if they object to it. >> on a go forward basis that's a no. no. >> bill: megyn kelly knows what a lugar is. >> learn something every day. >> bill: why is president obama pushing a ban on assault rifles if he has no chance of passing in t. in congress. laura ingraham caught up in a big controversy saying collin powell coordinate with the white house to talk about race. those reports after these messages. >> bill: personal story segment tonight, we would like to introduce you to a brand new fox news contributor, anot
they didn't go after that law. if by chance barack obama gets this assault weapons ban through which is unlikely. harry reid the democrats in the senate are the problem right now. i think the nra what would challenge it. >> bill: one part of the new york law that got my attention was that those weasels up in the journal in west thessalonianser county, the news journal whatever it is is, they can't print names and addresses anymore. >> that's right. >> bill: along with tough...
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and to give some strength to encourage teachers to do this, there was a law passed recently. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and requires school personnel, whether it's teachers or administrators if they see something that looks bullying they are required to intervene when it's safe and appropriate to do so, i think it's the kind of law that is trying to give teachers -- yeah, you are the authority figure. you are supposed to do this and we will support your efforts. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and it's just something that might be useful for the school personnel here. >> okay. we have time for just a couple of questions but before that i'm going to ask you a panel and you only get three words to answer. i'm going to cut you off. you can use one word. money is a problem in terms of programs. if you had all the money in the world what would you do to combat bullying? >> kids, empower, empower kids. >> okay. can specific. >> education and prevention. >> restorative justice and healing. >> that's too many words. nancy. >> healing and interve
and to give some strength to encourage teachers to do this, there was a law passed recently. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and requires school personnel, whether it's teachers or administrators if they see something that looks bullying they are required to intervene when it's safe and appropriate to do so, i think it's the kind of law that is trying to give teachers -- yeah, you are the authority figure. you are supposed to do this and we will support your efforts. assembly...
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it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov where a tool kit is being developed and these kinds of best practices are being promoted. the center for disease control, the division of violence prevention, an effort to use good data in research, they have released a come pend yum of common bullying tools. that's also available online. we are doing these conversations with community and the president has convened now two bullying summits where we bring the best practices to bear and learn locally. we've been doing webinar series across the country, you can find the dates for those on the web site. tom also mentioned ab
it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov...
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criminals don't care what the law is. they ignore the law. that's why they are criminals. >> bill: but to be fair to the other side, the antigun zealots, they just want to make it harder to get guns. that's what they accomplish. >> yeah. >> bill: but with 300 million on the street already, and then, you know a border that allows the federal government to send guns to mexico, which is really ironic, it's not going to stop. so, do you think the final question is, is president obama demagoguing this issue? is he demagoguing it because he sees public opinion going in his area? >> let me let new on a secret the president is is a liberal. >> bill: is is that the secret? [ laughter ] >> he sees this as an opportunity to get some of these things done. you talk about keeping us safe. if someone decides i need a gun to commit crimes. they are not going to go to the local gun store and buy the gun. they will buy it from the black market. >> bill: they might. there is a lot of criminals in new york drive down to virginia and stock up on guns and bring th
criminals don't care what the law is. they ignore the law. that's why they are criminals. >> bill: but to be fair to the other side, the antigun zealots, they just want to make it harder to get guns. that's what they accomplish. >> yeah. >> bill: but with 300 million on the street already, and then, you know a border that allows the federal government to send guns to mexico, which is really ironic, it's not going to stop. so, do you think the final question is, is president...
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we have a panoply of laws yet it's very difficult to actually apply the laws to the crimes we have. that's why prosecutors have so much discretion because frankly, in any particular criminal case, you know, it's kind of like they're selecting from a menu. i think this is actually a broader, chaotic problem with a mix between federal and state and local laws. so this is part of the reason why there is so much discretion for the executive. and frankly, this is not the right way to solve the problem, in my view, for the president to come and do this. we need to clean up the laws on the books we have right now to make them easier to follow, make them more coherent but that's something you need congress to do. >> the power player in this room obviously is the nra. as michael said. this might amaze both of you an all of you watching. did you know the nra today has said that 250,000 people have signed up and joined the nra as members in just the past month. they say that is an unprecedented spike in new members. it is a pretty stunning statistic. it's the kind of support that has helped tr
we have a panoply of laws yet it's very difficult to actually apply the laws to the crimes we have. that's why prosecutors have so much discretion because frankly, in any particular criminal case, you know, it's kind of like they're selecting from a menu. i think this is actually a broader, chaotic problem with a mix between federal and state and local laws. so this is part of the reason why there is so much discretion for the executive. and frankly, this is not the right way to solve the...
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how do we take account for that in law? that's, i think, the interesting struggle that neuroscience presents us with, but it doesn't change the issue of free will. in fact, we have just as robust of evidence from neuroscience that supports this concept of action which is what we punish for in law to begin with. >> and, doctor, would you like to comment on that last? >> no. [laughter] >> i would like to raise an issue. theoretically, that may all be true. there is a problem in distinguishing and dien
how do we take account for that in law? that's, i think, the interesting struggle that neuroscience presents us with, but it doesn't change the issue of free will. in fact, we have just as robust of evidence from neuroscience that supports this concept of action which is what we punish for in law to begin with. >> and, doctor, would you like to comment on that last? >> no. [laughter] >> i would like to raise an issue. theoretically, that may all be true. there is a problem in...
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there are no gun laws that work. all of these things we have found it with the best evidence and the best people, to be false. we can go forward. we do have data. we do have very good ideas about how to address a very important problem. but i don't understand -- i don't underestimate the challenges on any dimension. again, it is a very complex problem, particularly the political aspect to it. i think the contributions, particularly our last panel, give me and i suspect many here in level of optimism very -- optimism. that we are in a different place right now. our country is at a different place. and i think we do have things that can work. i was very inspired by our panelists this morning, how in australia and brazil, scotland, of they responded and it was not easy. i particularly am so impressed with the effort in brazil, knowing the sort of obstacle that were in front of them there. i'll leave here with great optimism that we are in a different place now. we can make a meaningful change. i want everyone to know wh
there are no gun laws that work. all of these things we have found it with the best evidence and the best people, to be false. we can go forward. we do have data. we do have very good ideas about how to address a very important problem. but i don't understand -- i don't underestimate the challenges on any dimension. again, it is a very complex problem, particularly the political aspect to it. i think the contributions, particularly our last panel, give me and i suspect many here in level of...
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bush signed into law a federal law called the protection of the lawful commerce act. you know you have a lot of power in congress when you don't even have to come up with a snappy acronym to get it enacted. it was enacted in 2005 and a tough speech today the enormous protection for these kind of lawsuits to be whether they were in conjunction with them or not. they gave them a very broad immunity from liability. the kind of immunity that essentially no other product manufacturer in the united states enjoys. they didn't provide people that were harmed with any kind of alternative compensation scheme and they even said that there but retroactively applied to the pending lawsuits that had to be dismissed and in fact they were and as a result the public health function of lawsuits and litigation in general, something that steve taught us about for many years was eroded. there were some relatively narrow exceptions to the plcaa that allowed the lawsuits to proceed nevertheless. and new york city took advantage of one of those exceptions. one of those exceptions is the basi
bush signed into law a federal law called the protection of the lawful commerce act. you know you have a lot of power in congress when you don't even have to come up with a snappy acronym to get it enacted. it was enacted in 2005 and a tough speech today the enormous protection for these kind of lawsuits to be whether they were in conjunction with them or not. they gave them a very broad immunity from liability. the kind of immunity that essentially no other product manufacturer in the united...
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are there other similar states that have the same types of laws like florida? he would want me to make a comparison. -- you would want me to make a comparison. europe has about the same rate of multiple victim shootings as the united states. it is not just the norway attack that you had in 2011 but before a new town, the country with the , the countrynewton with tehe two worst public school shootings in the world was germany. europe had had the three worst public schools shootings. germinate, it takes one year to get a bolt-action rifle. you have to go under two psychological screening tests. bill landes at the university of chicago -- the reason so much empirical work is being done here, it is easy to compare the 50 states. we have similar types of laws, we have data that is compatible across the state, you have different states that changed their laws at different times a you can have a lot of different tests. bill and i have looked at things like assault weapons bans because different states have different ones, background checks, waiting periods, there were
are there other similar states that have the same types of laws like florida? he would want me to make a comparison. -- you would want me to make a comparison. europe has about the same rate of multiple victim shootings as the united states. it is not just the norway attack that you had in 2011 but before a new town, the country with the , the countrynewton with tehe two worst public school shootings in the world was germany. europe had had the three worst public schools shootings. germinate,...
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victims, if you make tougher gun laws, will make it tougher for victims to get guns. lou: what do you think? is the president, as he jumped aboard a real loser year to direct. >> he did the right thing. to see those parents from newtown a month after they lost their children to there was one of the most heartbreaking things you could have ever witnessed, and they're bleeding people to do something. they lost -- lou: just a little bit. what about the parents of the 506 people, for crying out loud, and chicago will have been dismissed by the president, the hometown. does anybody give a damn about their art? >> they do, and that is why we need to do something. the sad thing is i think cities and states are going to do something before congress can. lou: do something? this is a superpower. we don't just do something, mary ann. we have to do intelligent things and have the consequences we seek. >> this is the president's home town where you have had to end 3-year-old children that were killed by stray bullets, grandmothers killed in an alley try to protect their children i
victims, if you make tougher gun laws, will make it tougher for victims to get guns. lou: what do you think? is the president, as he jumped aboard a real loser year to direct. >> he did the right thing. to see those parents from newtown a month after they lost their children to there was one of the most heartbreaking things you could have ever witnessed, and they're bleeding people to do something. they lost -- lou: just a little bit. what about the parents of the 506 people, for crying...
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laws. unless we're going to enforce the current laws on the books and that states at the administration, starts at the state level as well, and it doesn't make sense to pile more laws on top of it, and the numbers we've seen is the declining law enforcement of our current gun laws, and that starts with the administration and moves on down, and i think republicans and democrats can agree on that, that let's look at the enforcement and see if we're following through on the other laws we've passed because there's this send tendency to say, hey, let's pass a new law when the problem is lack of enforcement. i think that should be part of the debate. >> of course, the gun law loopholes which no amount of enforcement would change that unless something is done to actually close those loopholes. let me play a little bit of what two of the mothers in newtown from sandy hook elementary lost their children had to say about this yesterday. >> this is a promise. to have the conversations on all the issue
laws. unless we're going to enforce the current laws on the books and that states at the administration, starts at the state level as well, and it doesn't make sense to pile more laws on top of it, and the numbers we've seen is the declining law enforcement of our current gun laws, and that starts with the administration and moves on down, and i think republicans and democrats can agree on that, that let's look at the enforcement and see if we're following through on the other laws we've passed...
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when we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. over the years we stayed in close touch. when chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. over the years our families became friends as well. it's been such a pleasure to come to know them and chris's many friends in washington and to watch his career unfold. we met on the first day of school. i sat down in our civil procedure class next to a person who turned out to be named chris highland. shortly thereafter chris stevens sat down next to me. the three of us went to lunch afterwards and became friends from that day forward. chris never tried to be someone special but he was someone special. when we were at hastings his charm and wit were on display from the start. in class he was very articulate and seemed as later in life always very poised and well spoken and at ease. i think our professors loved him. he liked being a student, even studying at the national war college a few years ago. he always s
when we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. over the years we stayed in close touch. when chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. over the years our families became friends as well. it's been such a pleasure to come to know them and chris's many friends in washington and to watch his career unfold. we met on the first day of school. i sat down in our civil...